WE SHOULD ALLOWING FOR SKIES AND OUR TEMPERATURES TO BUMP UP TO 87. ONE OF NEBRASKA'S HOT SPOTS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND... LAKE MCCONAUGHY IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. 150-THOUSAND VISITORS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY--MANY FROM NEARBY SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI RODE A LONG WITH LAW OFFICERS - WHO'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE A "RECREATIONAL" ACTIVITY - LEGAL IN COLORADO - DOESN'T CREEP INTO NEBRASKA'S RECREATIONAL AREAS. HE HAS THIS NEW STORY AT SIX. ( NAT SND: Beach access Colorado 982 Q queen. ) KIDS NOT BUCKLED IN AND A PASSENGER POSSIBLY WITH AN OPEN CONTAINER OF BEER. IT'S THE REASON SERGENT A-J VOBORNY (VOH-BORN-EE) FROM THE KEITH COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT SHORE OF LAKE MCCONAUGHY THURSDAY.( A J Voborny: A couple of reasons I pulled you over. This little guy here.) BESIDES KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND( NAT SND: 60 miles per hour not 71 ) SHE IS SNIFFING OUT OTHER POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS.( A J Voborny: Say you do detect an odor of marijuana. You do have probable cause to search the vehicle.) MARIJUANA SEISURES IN AREA HAVE INCREASED SINCE COLORADO LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL USE THE DRUG AT J Voborny: When it first got legalized it was like bam bam bam.Everything was happening. ) SO FAR IT HASN'T BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE LAKE.( Lori Olivas: no we haven't seen it or smelled it. ) AND CAMPERS I TALKED TO WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.( Rodney King: And us being from Colorado Springs we see it day and we just don't endorse it or condone it.) BETWEEN TROOPERS, GAME AND PARKS AND SHERIFF DEPUTIES THEY ARE FINDING IT.( A J Voborny: Some of them say yah I know I'm not supposed to have it and some people say it's legal in Colorado. Well you're not in Colorado, you're in Nebraska where it's not legal.) ALCOHOL USE AND ATVS ON THE BEACH ARE ALSO NOT ALLOWED AT Voborny: It lets them know we do work this. ) AND THAT MARIJUANA IS NOT PART OF THIS STATE'S RECREATION.( Voborny: its just important to respect that and respect that and respect our laws here that's one thing I do ask. ) AT LAKE MCCONAUGHY, KETV NEWSWATCH WHILE ANDREW WAS WITH THE KEITH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT - THEY DIDN'T STOP ANYONE WITH MARIJUANA. HOWEVER, áOVERNIGHT - DEPUTIES ARRESTED A VISITOR WHO BECAME VIOLENT... AFTER POSSIBLY OVERDOSING ON SOME TYPE OF

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